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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: Following our victory in court against unlawful OMB conditions, the Dept. of Ed. has released almost all the funds meant for education research and support programs ahead of the 9/30 deadline! This is a huge win for students, educators, and researchers. The fight isn't over. 🧵⬇️

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would love to hear @michael-feinberg.bsky.social’s take on this. Maybe on @dogshirttv.bsky.social?

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Guys, we're nearing $200k. Help us get there. TheBulwark.com/Springfield

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.

scientificamerican.com

How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So who are the snipers supposed to be targeting? DC commuters or tourists and veterans visiting Arlington Cemetery? And drones? Why? There aren’t already military facilities in DC where drones could be stationed if needed? This has to be the dumbest (that’s dumbest with a “b”) thing ever.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Constitution Day! Support the Constitution. It needs all the help it can get these days.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The picture doesn’t do the scene justice, but the blueberry barrens in Maine are turning into a beautiful shade of red. #Maine

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This was not on my Trump Bingo card.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2026

"He was the very image of a young person engaged in American civic life. But he was systematically denied his dreams by a MAGA movement that didn’t see him as equal." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Pierre Damas Bel in the latest edition of Huddled Masses:

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Trump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life.

This promising young Haitian immigrant was humiliated and tormented until he lost hope.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Trump is a Roy Cohn acolyte, and the republic is paying a steep price as a result.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“The highest calling of any figure in Trump world is to refuse any concessions to reality when Trump commands it, and the surest ticket to oblivion is to speak the truth.”

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Our government is violating basic human and legal rights.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have a rosier view of last week’s thunderstorm now that I’m in the middle of a category 5 hurricane.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” - James Madison, Federalist #47, 1788

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m sick and tired of masked government thugs in military uniform threatening and harassing innocent people. But which government am I referring to?

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Trump said he would end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine “in 24 hours.” On day 572 of his presidency, the war continues. Stand with #Ukraine🇺🇦 Слава Україні!

kyivindependent.com

Russian attacks kill at least 4, injure 60 across Ukraine over past day

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on Aug. 14 with 133 Shahed-type drones and loitering munitions, the Air Force said.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Trump said he would end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine “in 24 hours.” On day 572 of his presidency, the war continues. Stand with #Ukraine🇺🇦 Слава Україні!

kyivindependent.com

Russian attacks kill at least 4, injure 60 across Ukraine over past day

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on Aug. 14 with 133 Shahed-type drones and loitering munitions, the Air Force said.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Is this MAGA math or MAGA logic?

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The only person who should be held in contempt in this matter is Sen. Rand Paul.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The pro-Susan Collins ads and attack ads targeting Troy Jackson are already in overdrive here in Maine. I’ve seen very few pro-Troy Jackson ads so far. It’s going to be hard for him to match her advertising budget. 1/3

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I’ve been involved in many CR battles. A CR to Dec 11 is like most other election year CRs. - By Dec 11 we will know (hopefully) who controls the next Congress. This informs the funding fight that will happen in Dec. It doesn’t necessarily mean GOP gets another bite at the apple. 1/3

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Describe the demise of investigative journalism in five words or less. I’ll go: Bari Weiss and Ross Douthat

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Through Dr. Fauci’s private diary, Congress has discovered that he is guilty of the heinous crime of having a big ego. As such, there are 535 members of Congress who should be brought before their colleagues to be yelled at and who also should be investigated.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My standard response to any question I’m asked this summer: “I am having issues. Please try again later.”

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“The Washington Post’s journalism strategy is working. Its opinions strategy is either dumb as a rock or deeply malevolent.”

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

DOJ: “We indicted innocent people for vandalism that was, in fact, shoddy work, and we made inflammatory, public accusations accusing these innocent people, but you see ackshually it was the Department of the Interior’s fault.”

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Talking Heads: David Byrne in Stop Making Sense

ALT: Talking Heads: David Byrne in Stop Making Sense

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is just a disaster for any expectation that credible news will be part of 60 Minutes going forward.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Everything Trump touches dies, including the White House Correspondents Dinner.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

BREAKING: Video just released of Olympic canoeist David Hearn “violently ripping” the lining from the Reflecting Pool.

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Hand Touching Lake Water

ALT: Hand Touching Lake Water

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sometimes you wonder if a news outlet is trying to imitate The Onion, but then you realize this is straight news.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Another life needlessly lost in Trump’s America.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

After a 20 minute phone call with Senator Mitch McConnell, Graham Platner announced he was withdrawing from the Maine Senate race to focus on running for President in 2028.

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I nominate this photo for the Pulitzer Prize.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Fireworks in Bangor, ME. Enhanced by the colorful commentary of the inebriated persons next to us. Happy Independence Day!

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The photographer here should win a Pulitzer Prize for photography.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My periodic reminder that these pictures illustrate true “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

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Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Trump's Great American State Fair is using our taxpayer dollars, our National Mall and our nation's 250th birthday to promote conspiracy theorists, Christian nationalists, Chinese technology -- and, mostly, Donald Trump. My latest column: www.notus.org/perspectives...

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Dana Milbank: Trump’s Nutty State Fair Hijacked the Fourth of July. And My Pen.

I went through the magnetometer to enter the National Mall for President Trump’s Great American State Fair this week, putting my pens, notebook, phone and wallet on the table for inspection. “You have...

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

An amazing, and extremely troublesome, story about the threat to free speech. “But for them to come after me six months later for that one email, it makes me feel like we do have a lot of power. It makes me feel like they do care that we're speaking up."

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The flesh-eating maggots in the White House are under scrutiny again.

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I’m got this too. Hey @politico.com what gives?

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